https://github.com/hughsk/atob-lite

Smallest/simplest possible means of using atob with both Node and browserify
https://github.com/hughsk/atob-lite

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Smallest/simplest possible means of using atob with both Node and browserify

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/hughsk/atob-lite
• Owner: hughsk
• License: other
• Created: 2015-06-25T16:38:05.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-07-08T12:52:39.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-17T16:39:15.931Z (22 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 3.91 KB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# atob-lite

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Smallest/simplest possible means of using atob with both Node and browserify.

In the browser, decoding base64 strings is done using:

``` javascript

var decoded = atob(encoded)

```

However in Node, it's done like so:

``` javascript

var decoded = new Buffer(encoded, 'base64').toString('utf8')

```

You can easily check if `Buffer` exists and switch between the approaches

accordingly, but using `Buffer` anywhere in your browser source will pull

in browserify's `Buffer` shim which is pretty hefty. This package uses

the `main` and `browser` fields in its `package.json` to perform this

check at build time and avoid pulling `Buffer` in unnecessarily.

## Usage

[![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/atob-lite.png)](https://nodei.co/npm/atob-lite/)

### `decoded = atob(encoded)`

Returns the decoded value of a base64-encoded string.

## License

MIT. See [LICENSE.md](http://github.com/hughsk/atob-lite/blob/master/LICENSE.md) for details.